During its 2025 Point in Time (PIT) count — a federally mandated count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness conducted nationwide — Hennepin County found 2,651 people ...

Hennepin County has awarded $14.8 million for affordable housing. Funded projects include the future 40-unit Lyndale Avenue Apartments at 5739 Lyndale Ave. in Minneapolis, which will include 10 ...

Hennepin County gets extension to reduce jail population 02:22. MINNEAPOLIS — Hennepin County will pay $5.4 million to move inmates from its jail to facilities in other counties following an ...

After six months of bargaining, the AFSCME Council 5 union reached a tentative agreement with Hennepin County for around 4,000 employees on Friday, promising more benefits and wage increases over ...

The Minnesota Star Tribune reported in March that Hennepin County Administrator David Hough received a 20% pay raise, making him the county’s highest paid employee at $353,284 a year, up from ...

Processing of absentee ballots began Oct. 18 statewide, and Hennepin County said it has processed roughly 200,000 already. “I’m 100% confident that the absentee ballot board working up until ...

EDINA, Minn. — Hennepin County officials say there is no evidence of tampering after a photo was posted to social media showing an open, unattended vehicle full of ballots.

Hennepin County officials have fired a courier who left several boxes of ballots unsecured outside of Edina City Hall on Friday. News Livestream Weather Sports The Lift School Alert.

Hennepin County officials have fired a courier who left several boxes of ballots unsecured outside of Edina City Hall on Friday. The discovery led to an immediate response from the county and ...

Hennepin County had 69 veterans experiencing homelessness at the end of September, a nearly 60% decrease from August 2023, according to data provided by the county. Five of those 69 homeless ...

HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minn. — Homeowners in Hennepin County are being asked to report any damage experienced during storms and flooding earlier this summer. The federal disaster declaration resulting ...

In June 2018, El-Amin Champion pleaded guilty to second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon for shooting a man who owed him money. The same week the Hennepin County Attorney's Office filed that ...